Systems for Assisted Braking Belay with a Lever Disengagement Mechanism

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20140262610A1
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14206418

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One embodiment of the present invention relates to an assisted braking belay system with a housing, a camming mechanism, and a lever mechanism with a lever disengagement mechanism. The housing may include a substantially enclosed rope channel through which a rope may extend to the climber. The camming mechanism is moveably coupled to the housing and configured to automatically engage a camming surface upon the rope across the rope channel if the rope translates through the channel at a particular speed. The lever mechanism enables a belayer to selectively disengage the camming mechanism and release the camming surface from the rope thereby allowing the rope to translate through the rope channel. The lever disengagement mechanism is configured to automatically disengage the lever mechanism from the camming mechanism thereby enabling the camming mechanism to automatically reengage the camming surface upon the rope across the channel.

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BLACK DIAMOND EQUIPMENT LTD2084 EAST 3900 SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY UT 84121

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Belcourt, Bill Salt Lake City, US 16 211
Hall, Jake Draper, US 15 146
Oddou, Paul Salt Lake City, US 12 423
Walker, Ben Draper, US 23 222

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